Marisa Mell
Marisa Mell (actually Marlies Theres Moitzi ; born February 24, 1939 in Graz ; † May 16, 1992 in Vienna ) was an Austrian actress .
Life
Mell grew up as Marlies Theres Moitzi in Graz. She was enthusiastic about the theater from an early age. She attended the drama school in Graz and then the Max Reinhardt seminar in Vienna. Her grade included Erika Pluhar , Heidelinde Weis and Senta Berger . Because she wanted to be internationally successful, she changed her name to Marisa Mell. After finishing drama school, she married the Swiss Henri Tucci. The marriage lasted only four years. She had her first international success in 1963 in the film French Dressing, directed by Ken Russell . In the same year, she suffered severe facial injuries in a car accident.
In 1968 she landed the lead role in the musical Mata Hari produced by David Merrick and Vincente Minnelli . The planned Broadway success was sold as an absolute flop after its preview in Washington, DC and never reached New York . Marisa's fellow student Senta Berger had previously rejected the role of Mata Hari .
Mell moved to Rome and made films with Marcello Mastroianni and Antonio Sabàto . In 1971 she played alongside Uschi Glas and Petra Schürmann in the last Edgar Wallace film The Riddle of the Silver Crescent , which was only moderately successful. In 1976 she was on the side of Tony Curtis in Casanova & Co. to see. On November 26, 1977, she gave birth to their only child, a daughter named Louisa Erika, in Rome. The premature baby died on the same day, Mell did not disclose the identity of the father.
Mell was mostly used as a “ femme fatale ” and film beauty in her career , for some time she was world famous. But her acting talent was rarely shown in her roles. Over time, the number of films on offer decreased and Mell became impoverished. She moved back to Vienna and played theater sporadically in the last years of her life. In 1990 she published her autobiography Coverlove . Her fellow student and friend Erika Pluhar also wrote a book about Mell after her death: Marisa. Flashbacks of a friendship . The first detailed biography was published in 2013 under the title Die Feuerblume .
She died of esophageal cancer in 1992 at the age of 53 and was buried in the Kahlenbergerdorf parish cemetery in Vienna. In 2000 the Marisa-Mell-Gasse in Vienna- Liesing was named after her.
Filmography
- 1954: The light of love
- 1959: The night club for the silver moon
- 1960: The good soldier Schwejk
- 1960: Love hangs on the gallows
- 1960: For seducing minors
- 1961: Lebensborn
- 1961: Call of the wild geese
- 1962: The riddle of the red orchid
- 1962: Doctor (Dr)
- 1963: Venusberg
- 1963: Try it in French (French Dressing)
- 1963: The last ride to Santa Cruz
- 1963: a man at his best age
- 1964: Agents ask (Masquerade)
- 1964: Casanova '70 (Casanova '70)
- 1965: Hunt for blue diamonds (Diamond Walkers)
- 1965: Sharp kisses for Mike Forster (City of Fear)
- 1965: The Train to Hell (Train d'enfer)
- 1966: Hell hunt for hot goods (New York chiama Superdrago)
- 1966: Paras - Gold theft in the air (Objectif: 500 millions)
- 1966: Che notte, ragazzi!
- 1967: Danger: Diabolics! (Diabolic)
- 1968: love, vice and crooks (stuntman)
- 1968: Ladies, Ladies (Le dolci signore)
- 1969: Naked over corpses (Una sull'altra)
- 1969: The Shameless (Les Belles au bois dormantes)
- 1970: Senza via d'uscita
- 1971: Elisabeth of Austria (TV)
- 1971: Historia de una traición
- 1971: Marta
- 1971: Ben and Charlie (Amico, Stammi lontano almeno un palmo)
- 1971: The riddle of the silver crescent moon (Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso)
- 1972: Five lumps of gold (Tutti fratelli nel West ... per parte di padre)
- 1972: Magic Graz (short film)
- 1972: Alta tensión
- 1973: Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico cerca anima gemella
- 1973: Pena de muerte
- 1973: Milano rovente
- 1974: La moglie giovane
- 1975: Parapsycho - Spectrum of Fear
- 1975: Amori, letti e tradimenti
- 1975: La encadenada
- 1975: Mahogany (Mahogany)
- 1976: Action Winners (L'ultima volta)
- 1976: Taxi love - Servizio per signora
- 1976: Casanova & Co.
- 1976: Please have a table (TV film)
- 1977: Happy Birthday, Harry (Febbre a 40!)
- 1977: The Rabid One (La belva col mitra)
- 1977: It doesn't always have to be caviar (13-part TV series)
- 1978: La profezia
- 1979: Un'ombra nell'ombra
- 1979: Bedelia (TV series, episode Sam et Sally )
- 1980: La compagna di viaggio
- 1980: Sinful mattress bunnies from Venice (Peccati a Venezia)
- 1980: Days of Madness (Traficantes de pánico)
- 1980: Flotte Teens - down with the jeans (La liceale al mare con l'amica di papà)
- 1981: The last howlers of the Navy (La dottoressa preferisce i marinai)
- 1982: Il Commissionario (TV film)
- 1983: Naked bodies (Corpi nudi)
- 1983: In times like these ... (TV movie)
- 1983: Smokey and Baby and Bear (TV series Kottan determined )
- 1984: soap bubbles
- 1984: Hot wraps - cold casts (TV series)
- 1985: Simsalabimbambum (TV)
- 1985: Passaporto segnalato
- 1988: La tempesta
- 1990: Dangerous Affairs (Sensazioni d'amore)
- 1990: Troll 3 (Quest for the Mighty Sword)
- 1991: I love Vienna
theatre
- 1959: Born in '59 (Theater an der Josefstadt, director: Hans Jaray )
- 1968: Mata Hari (Broadway, directed by Vincente Minnelli , discontinued after first rehearsal in Washington DC)
- 1983: Das Marriage Zett (theater tour in Germany)
- 1986: How the Other Half Loves ( Vienna's English Theater )
- 1989: Orvieto (in Graz)
- 1990: There and Here: A collage for the 100th birthday of Franz Werfel (theater tour in Austria)
- 1990: Love Letters ( Vienna's English Theater )
Exhibitions
- 1988: Marisa Mell painting, exhibition in the Graz main post office
Discography
- 1981: Lady O. (Single - Jupiter Records)
literature
- Marisa Mell: Cover love. Autobiography. Graz / Vienna 1990 ISBN 3-900526-40-0
- Carmen Unterholzer / Ilse Wieser (eds.): Above the roofs of Graz, Liesl is real: A city history of the women of Graz. Vienna 1996. ISBN 3-85286-021-0
- Erika Pluhar: Marisa: Flashbacks on a friendship. Munich 1998. ISBN 3-423-20061-8
- André Schneider : Die Feuerblume - About Marisa Mell and her films. Norderstedt 2013. ISBN 978-3-7322-5325-8
Web links
- Marisa Mell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marisa Mell at filmportal.de
- Literature by and about Marisa Mell in the catalog of the German National Library
- Report in the mirror on the death of Marisa Mell
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography with pictures of Marisa Mell ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mell, Marisa |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moitzi, Marlies Theres (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1992 |
Place of death | Vienna |